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Tips for Eating Right at 50
- Eat less but better: a young asset does not have problems to accept almost any food, because your body works to its full potential and has greater resistance to attack. As the years pass, we must adapt ourselves to the possibilities of our body. It is from the 40 that the body begins to show signs of deterioration from the 50 should embrace moderation. It is therefore advised to eat less but better quality. From this age should be monitored values of uric acid (gout), which is controlled by proteins. This is controlled by avoiding the excesses, leaving no food. It will lower the consumption of seafood, canned and salt, but not deprived, unless other health problems require it.
- One way to improve eating habits is to become a gourmet, food consumed in small amounts varied. An alternative are the tasting menus of some restaurants that present a sample of four or five dishes varied in very small portions, thereby avoiding the foods exceeded recommended. Another option is to explore new recipes, allowing us to eat different foods without falling into repetition and boredom. Read the rest of this entry »
Healthy Eating After 50
The healthy diet is essential to any age, but requirements change at each stage. To meet the energy needs after the 50 is necessary to carry a sufficient diet, complete, varied and balanced.
When you reach 50, women enter the menopause or climacteric, which undergo a series of physiological changes as a result of the lack of estrogen. It is at this stage where it is common to weight gain. Body fat undergoes a rearrangement, with higher accumulation in the abdominal area. Also exacerbate health problems such as dyslipidemia and osteoporosis.
To prevent osteoporosis is necessary to maintain a balanced diet rich in calcium, as well as exercise and abstention from alcohol and snuff.
From age 40 decreases the body’s energy needs, therefore, daily calorie intake should be reduced and increasing exercise metabolism to achieve the energy input process. Read the rest of this entry »